80th Anniversary PhD Scholarship University of Hull, UK

April 16, 2008

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80th Anniversary PhD Scholarship

Department of Psychology, University of Hull, UK

We are seeking a high calibre applicant for the degree of PhD working on a project “Investigating how our perception of human behavior is distorted in real life” working with Dr. Nick Barraclough (Psychology), Dr. Tjeerd Jellema (Psychology) and Dr. Paul Chapman (Computer Science). Accurate perception of the actions of other individuals is critical to successful social functioning and is moulded by our prior life experiences. Perception, however, can also be profoundly distorted over the short term (<10s) by prior exposure to images and movements. One way in which this can happen is through visual adaptation. The project will explore how visual adaptation influences action perception and use this technique to investigate the brain mechanisms underlying perception of action and behaviour. The project is a new multidisciplinary collaboration between the Departments of Psychology and Computer Science, and will use the unique flexibility afforded by our virtual reality environment to investigate action perception under laboratory conditions and simulations of real life experience.

This award is one of the 30 University of Hull 80th Anniversary PhD Scholarships and is fully funded covering stipend (£12,940) and full fees for 3 years. Applications are welcome from candidates with an interest in cognitive neuroscience, neuropsychology, cognition, perception and computer science. Eligibility: EU nationality. Non-EU students who have a relevant connection to the EU of at least 3 years are also eligible to apply. Applicants will have a first class or a good upper second (or equivalent for non UK applicants) degree in Psychology or related disciplines. Some experience in or a willingness to learn computer programming techniques (e.g. MATLAB) will be advantageous.

The Department of Psychology at the University of Hull, is a rapidly developing and vibrant research environment, with particular strengths in the fields of Cognitive Neuroscience and Perception. We have a lively, collaborative and supportive intellectual environment, with considerable opportunities for the candidate to develop their research skills, publish excellent papers in high impact journals, in order that they have the very best future academic career prospects.

Further project details and instructions how to apply are available from: http://www.hull.ac.uk/phd/ Deadline for receipt of applications is the 16th May. For informal enquiries, please contact Dr Nick Barraclough on tel. +44(0)1482 465525, email: n.barraclough@hull.ac.uk

Nick E. Barraclough, PhD

Department of Psychology,

University of Hull,

Hull, HU6 7RX, UK

tel. +44(0)1482 465525

fax +44(0)1482 465599

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